Where Will You Be Able To Use Chase Marriott And Starwood Anniversary Nights?

The Starwood AMEX cards do not currently offer any bonus Starpoints for signing up.

The Chase Marriott cards and the Starwood AMEX cards will offer an annual free anniversary night valid at hotels that cost up to 35,000 points per night. You can get a free anniversary night for each card that you have open!

Those nights will be valid for category 1-5 hotels in August, though starting in February it won’t be good for peak dates in category 5 hotels as you can see from the award chart below.

Previous Starwood Chart

Previous Previous Marriott Chart

August 2018 Combined Chart

February 2019 Combined Chart

Category 1

6,000 (Weekends)
9,000 (Weekdays)

7,500

7,500

5,000 off-peak
7,500 standard
10,000 peak

Category 2

9,000 (Weekends)
12,000 (Weekdays)

10,000

12,500

10,000 off-peak
12,500 standard
15,000 peak

Category 3

21,000

15,000

17,500

15,000 off-peak
17,500 standard
20,000 peak

Category 4

30,000

20,000

25,000

20,000 off-peak
25,000 standard
30,000 peak

Category 5

36,000 off-peak
48,000 peak

25,000

35,000

30,000 off-peak
35,000 standard
40,000 peak

Category 6

60,000 off-peak
75,000 peak

30,000

50,000

40,000 off-peak
50,000 standard
60,000 peak

Category 7

90,000 off-peak
105,000 peak

35,000

60,000

50,000 off-peak
60,000 standard
70,000 peak

Category 8

-

40,000

-

70,000 off-peak
85,000 standard
100,000 peak

Category 9

-

45,000

-

-

Ritz Tier 1

-

30,000

-

-

Ritz Tier 2

-

40,000

-

-

Ritz Tier 3

-

50,000

-

-

Ritz Tier 4

-

60,000

-

-

Ritz Tier 5

-

70,000

-

-

There have been rumors that Marriott will allow you to pay the difference to stay in hotels that cost more than 35K points, but nothing has been confirmed about that.

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Eli5757

Starting in August I’ll automatically get 1 free night for every card I have open? And is that contingent on that card being open for at least a year? Or will the anniversary night only come when my next annual fee hits?

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July 9, 2018 3:16 pm

Dan

Next annual fee, starting in August.

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July 9, 2018 3:17 pm

yoni

So anybody who just signed up for the card (ie: 100k offer) will have to wait a full year to get their 1 free night? Even though the annual fee isn’t waived the first year?

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July 9, 2018 4:13 pm

Dan

Yes.
The 100K is worth a lot more than a free night.

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July 9, 2018 4:21 pm

yoni

Agreed! Just wanted to make sure. Thanks Dan!

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July 9, 2018 4:28 pm

al

Is this for every card you have, including employee card, or secondary (no annual fee) Cardholders??

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July 31, 2018 10:55 pm

davidmal

St Regis here I come!

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July 9, 2018 3:19 pm

Shaul

The 35k cutoff is annoying. They could have made it 40k as to not terribly inconvenience people who want a Cat 5 peak.

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July 9, 2018 3:28 pm

Dan

Probably didn’t want it working for category 6 off-peak.

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July 9, 2018 3:31 pm

Sam

Dan, can anniversary nights be put towards a “5th night free”? Meaning if I book 3 nights with points plus the anniversary night, can I get a 5th night free? Thanks

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July 9, 2018 3:31 pm

Dan

Nope.

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July 9, 2018 3:32 pm

Sam

Oh well. That’s a great list of hotels! Thanks for putting this stuff together

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July 9, 2018 3:37 pm

Torkay

Any guess as to what will happen to existing ritz nights?

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July 9, 2018 3:34 pm

Dan

I’d guess that they will be honored up to 60K, but who knows.

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July 9, 2018 3:55 pm

D

Any sort of list of dates that are considered peak for hotels in cat 5?

What about a free night that was just issued, will I be able to use it on all these hotels comes 8/1?

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July 9, 2018 4:23 pm

Jonathan R

I mean a free night 1-5 issued through my Chase Marriott Credit card

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July 9, 2018 4:47 pm

Dan

It will be good for hotels up to 25K points.

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July 9, 2018 4:48 pm

Jonathan R

25k for people who have 1-4 category free night you mean? What about people who have 1-5 category free night from Chase Marriott?

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July 9, 2018 4:59 pm

Dan

Nope, I meant what I said.

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July 9, 2018 5:02 pm

Jonathan R

These two hotels are currently listed as category 7, are you saying they will become category 5 comes 8/1? If so, where is the new list?
Publica Isrotel, Autograph Collection, Herzliya, Israel
Renaissance Tel Aviv, Israel

Where does it state that the Starwood Business Card members will lose lounge access as of 8/1?

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July 9, 2018 5:00 pm

Dan

Feel free to call AMEX to confirm.

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July 9, 2018 5:04 pm

Nick

I am not questioning whether it’s true, just wondering if they posted or published the change anywhere

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July 9, 2018 5:15 pm

Dan

It was on my billing statement.

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July 9, 2018 5:16 pm

Nick

I opened the card in March, I just looked at all billing statements, other than an upcoming change for Extended Warranty and Purchase Protection, I don’t see any other changes.

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July 9, 2018 5:41 pm

Zevy Weiss

Thanks Dan. I just applied for the card now and got approved. Looking forward to the 100,000 points this year and free anniversary night next year.

As far as I understand from reading your other posts, all my SPG points will triple and become Marriott points on August 1st. I have reservations for two rooms at the Sheraton on the Falls for August 1st and August 2nd. Right now the total is 28,000 SPG points which will be 84,000 Marriott points but with the new charts on August 1st it should be only 70,000 Marriott points. Should I cancel the reservation on the morning of August 1st and rebook with the new rate?

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July 9, 2018 6:27 pm

pes

i might be wrong but i think he mentioned before on a previous post that you can call and ask for an adjustment once august hits? or maybe cancel and rebook in august if that doesnt work

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July 10, 2018 1:00 am

Shmoe joe

Thanks @Dan for always breaking it down so well.
P.s. I had really hopes St. Regis would’ve made it on to list

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July 9, 2018 7:28 pm

Shmuly

Dan, I should now have 3 cards qualifying for the free night: My Amex SPG, my wife’s SPG Business, and the new Marriott card. Once I get the free nights from all three, how difficult would it be to book 8 nights using points for 4, free 5th, followed by 3 anniversary nights? Sound feasible?

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July 9, 2018 7:41 pm

pes

if you find 8 night consecutively on standard rooms

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July 10, 2018 1:19 am

israel

Hi Dan,

I opened a Chase Marriott 75k car a few months ago. Will I get the 100k points if I get approved for the Chase Marriott Premier Plus credit card, or will I have to close my card first

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July 9, 2018 9:19 pm

passover

should i go through the effort to get the 5 night certificates? instead of the 7 night ones, after reading your posts throughly i learned that there may be a chance that they marriot may decide to convert the certificate to points comes august, so i am not sure which certificate to get the 7 night or the 5 night? and even if the certificates converts to points ,on a ritz tier 1-5 will it convert to 150 plus the 5 times 30 k marriot you payed to go up 5 levels? or will it convert to 30-50 thousand(cost of ritz points per night tier 1-3) times 7?thank you for clarifying

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July 10, 2018 12:23 am

David

I have a 1 night certificate in my account will the chances apply to the existing certificate?

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July 10, 2018 9:03 am

James33

There are 4 marriotts dropping down to cat 5 in Costa Rica on the Guanacaste beaches and at Jaco beach.

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July 10, 2018 10:20 am

Boaz

If I get a cat 1-5 7 night certificate now will it be good for these hotels after August 1?

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